lesser
英 ['les?]
美['l?s?]
- adj. 較少的；次要的；更小的
- adv. 較少地；更小地；不及
- n. (Lesser)人名；(英、德)萊塞
IELTS中低頻詞
中文詞源
lesser 較少的，次要的
less,用于little的比較級，-er,比較級后綴。
英文詞源
- lesser (adj.)
- early 13c., a double comparative, from less + -er (2). Johnson calls it "a barbarous corruption of less, formed by the vulgar from the habit of terminating comparatives in -er." As an adverb from 1590s; now generally poetic or obsolete except in expression lesser-known (1813).
雙語例句
- 1. People voted for him as the lesser of two evils.
- 人們投票支持他只不過是兩害相權(quán)取其輕罷了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage.
- 他們承認(rèn)了刑事毀壞的較輕罪名。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The two discs also contain two of Britten's lesser-known song-cycles.
- 這兩張唱片還包含了布里頓兩首不甚知名的聲樂套曲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. people of lesser importance
- 次要人物
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. The more obvious potential allies are Ireland, Denmark and, to a lesser degree, the Netherlands.
- 最可能成為盟國的有愛爾蘭和丹麥，放寬些還可以把荷蘭算上。
來自柯林斯例句